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An oral history of pop’s most famous four-letter word. By Rachel Wolff on December 11, 2013. The composition of Robert Indiana’s unwaveringly iconic “LOVE” motif is simple enough: two pairs of letters stacked in a square, the L, the V and the E standing tall and crowded around an italicized O.
In 1977 Indiana conceived a new version of his iconic LOVE sculpture, AHAVA, using the Hebrew word for “love” in the same distinctive quadripartite composition that he had developed in the mid-1960s. The work embodies Indiana’s unique approach to sculptural form, translating the two-dimensional written word into a monumental sculpture ...
18 lis 2015 · LOVE AS WE KNOW IT BEGAN AS A CHRISTMAS CARD. Through his exploration in text art, Indiana created his first LOVE for personal Christmas cards in 1964.
Few sculptures have captured hearts quite like Robert Indiana's iconic LOVE series. Characterized by large-scale letters stacked to spell out the word “LOVE,” these sculptures add a Pop Art touch to their surroundings, from bustling city corners to busy college campuses.
Love is a noun and a verb and so one must decide what my love is. It’s a command, love, and it’s a subject, love. It is an exercise, and grammar is one of my favorite subjects. — Robert Indiana, interviewed by Susan Elizabeth Ryan, January 13, 1991.
Over the course of his career, Indiana has continued to work with this LOVE template; he explores the power of the image by modifying the work through formal qualities of scale, color, and medium—even working with the Hebrew, Chinese, and Spanish translations.
An icon of American Modern Art — LOVE — 1969-1999, is the signature work of art by artist Robert Indiana. The word Love in upper-case letters, arranged in a square with a tilted letter “O”. Beginning in 1964, Indiana began to create images and objects using the word LOVE.
